[ale] OT: AMD Athlon 64

William Fragakis william at fragakis.com
Tue May 9 13:37:14 EDT 2006


Alternatively, (unless you wrote this and I misunderstood), you can get
just the motherboard, ram and CPU cooler (since Dell is non-standard).
Make sure you get the right socket (likely 478, iirc). We've done this
with a couple of machines at school. Also, make sure that the mb is
compatible with your particular P4.

wf

On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 10:34 -0600, Jesse M. Holmes wrote:
> I've suspected there was a myth in there somewhere. *S*
> 
> Dell sold me a P4 back when RDRAM was the only thing that would work (or
> that was sold, at least). I refuse to spend 800 dollars updating a
> machine I couldn't get 200 bucks for on ebay. I have actually found the
> same processor with a mother board and 2 gigs of ram for less than it
> would cost me to put a gig of RDRAM into my machine.
> 
> So when I get my next machine, I plan to know a lot more than I did
> three years ago. Oh wait, has it been three years? I need to get the
> latest thing!
> 
> ;)
> 
> Jesse M. Holmes
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> James P. Kinney III
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 9:19 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: AMD Athlon 64
> 
> Since most people are dumb (i.e. they _still_ use Microsoft) they are
> easily suckered into buying a new fast machine every 2 years or so. As
> they continually upgrade their software (i.e. buggy crap from Redmond)
> their system runs slower and slower because the bug fixes don't address
> the underlying issues that plague the OS. Thus the drive to replace the
> system every 2 years.
> 
> Does the average office schlep benefir from a 3GHz dual-core P4?
> 
> Nope. Same for the typical homeowner who surfs for recipies and does a
> bit
> of email and writes letters in wordpad.
> 
> Their kid who plays the latest games will see a speed boost.
> 
> But the last line is almost correct. It should be procesor envy, not new
> car syndrome.
> 
> 20 years ago, people (mostly men) would buy muscle cars. Now they buy
> computers. It's mostly the same (non) brain function that leads to
> faster
> CPUs as well as higher horsepower cars. If the legal speed limit is
> 55mph,
> what good is a car that does 140mph? If all one does is email why buy a
> $3k machine when a $200 used one will do just fine?
> 
> Testosterone.  :)
> 
> > What about processing speed? I have a 1.8Ghz here at home. That means
> it
> > should be twice as fast a 900Mhz processor, and six times as fast as
> the
> > computer I had before it. AMD's dual cores start at 1.8 and go to 2.6.
> > While 2.6 is a big jump from 1.8, it's not double. A 1.8 should be
> able
> > to run anything you would be doing at home unless you're a homegrown
> > nuclear physicist. So why do people spend tons more on faster
> processors
> > if their biggest challenge of the day is Microsoft Office and Half
> Life
> > 2? Do they receive any noticeable benefits, or is it all part of that
> > new car syndrome?
> >
> > Jesse M. Holmes
> >
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